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>> reporter: verizon is focusinc on a regional 911 facility in arlington. that lost power during the storm, but here's where thiswh gets tricky.tr officials didn't realize thereal power outage should not caused such a widespread outage, and they are stillta right now tryit to nfigure out why backup systs did not kick in. this started following a request by fairfax county chairwoman children bulva. officials say that since 911 centers are served by multiple, redundant systems, not just one should have knocked out networks in fax. either way, after a decades of improvements in emergency systems after 9-11, losing 911 service to a some of storms is really a cause of concern. >> it's technical, complicated,n icbut essentially, the centers lost power, backup systems for power didn't kick in, and some back ups to the back ups didn't kick in, after that, we had a cascade of technical failure, hardware failures.fa issues. >> so they have a lot to looko at. verizon officials told us theyu took part in the council investigation, meeting instig fairfax county. where a
>> reporter: verizon is focusinc on a regional 911 facility in arlington. that lost power during the storm, but here's where thiswh gets tricky.tr officials didn't realize thereal power outage should not caused such a widespread outage, and they are stillta right now tryit to nfigure out why backup systs did not kick in. this started following a request by fairfax county chairwoman children bulva. officials say that since 911 centers are served by multiple, redundant systems, not just one...
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shomari stone is in arlington now. >> reporter: i'm here on highland street in arlington. let me bring you closer to the scene. neighbors say that the wind snapped this utility pole bringing it right here on top of this car and pulling down the power lines. the entire community is in darkness. >> i'm hot. i'm wet. i'm sweaty. >> reporter: the only way you are seeing christine is because of the light on the camera. >> it's nice to have the light. we have nothing. >> reporter: she is one of thousands of people in northern virginia without power after the storm pounded the region. she desperately demand dominion turn the lights on. >> so i don't fall and break my other ankle. it's all -- it's just terrible. it's so dark. >> reporter: help is here. 200 crews from canada arrived this evening. there are 16,000 reports of damaged poles or wires. and around 7,000 still need to be repaired. >> it's kind of the hard work. they will be in the neighborhoods. the houses are close together. the roads are tight. >> reporter: dominion power say that a lot of the poles snapped like toothpi
shomari stone is in arlington now. >> reporter: i'm here on highland street in arlington. let me bring you closer to the scene. neighbors say that the wind snapped this utility pole bringing it right here on top of this car and pulling down the power lines. the entire community is in darkness. >> i'm hot. i'm wet. i'm sweaty. >> reporter: the only way you are seeing christine is because of the light on the camera. >> it's nice to have the light. we have nothing. >>...
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a rainbow in our skies over arlington. can you make it out? right there on the left. it's on the roof of the black car on the left side of your screen. they were under the end of the rainbow. no word on whether the pot of gold was found in the trunk of that black car. nice day outside. cooled off by showers late in the day. not everybody got in on the rain, but those who did, i suspect, appreciated it. though it came down in buckets across portions of prince georges county, out toward annapolis. right now it's 75 here in washington. winds are light out of the southwest averaging only 3 miles per hour. temperatures around the rest of the area, mostly now low to mid 70s. not going to drop too much further than this. maybe another couple of degrees. that's it between now and startoff temperatures tomorrow morning. and we're not 100% done with the rain yet. one lonesome thundershower up here just to the north of the city of washington. it's running right along the montgomery county and howard county line. it's aiming down here toward columbia and jessup. it will be on top
a rainbow in our skies over arlington. can you make it out? right there on the left. it's on the roof of the black car on the left side of your screen. they were under the end of the rainbow. no word on whether the pot of gold was found in the trunk of that black car. nice day outside. cooled off by showers late in the day. not everybody got in on the rain, but those who did, i suspect, appreciated it. though it came down in buckets across portions of prince georges county, out toward...
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. >>> now to a developing story in arlington. a jeweller murdered inside his shop and police think this man might be the killer. take a good look, if you can. the suspect wearing a neon traffic vest. darcy has more on the search for the man police are calling dangerous tonight. >> reporter: i want to set the scene for you first. we're live along columbia pike. this is the store why this incident happened yesterday afternoon. you can see a woman is walking up here i believe to place flowers here at the scene. a man was killed inside the establishment as it turns out yesterday afternoon. police are still here on the scene because business at this point is unsecured. because he had to break into the business to gain access, there's still jewelry inside, so police are making sure no one is able to get inside. you showed some of the pictures, very good surveillance photos and there's some lettering on that vest. police are hoping this will be a key to making an arrest. arlington county police want you to take a close look at these pho
. >>> now to a developing story in arlington. a jeweller murdered inside his shop and police think this man might be the killer. take a good look, if you can. the suspect wearing a neon traffic vest. darcy has more on the search for the man police are calling dangerous tonight. >> reporter: i want to set the scene for you first. we're live along columbia pike. this is the store why this incident happened yesterday afternoon. you can see a woman is walking up here i believe to...
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stein says he e-mailed his surveillance video to arlington county police over the weekend. detectives contacted him overct the weekend, edand they interviewed him this morning at the store.st dc police responded to our queries late today about the decision not to release the video to the public, a statement reads in part, in this case, we released internally. there were no injuries to the victim in the dc robbery. as soon as we saw the arlington spec, we contacted arlingtonco with the information we h investigators are shared noteseh and are cooperatively to bring this -- and are working cooperatively to bring this case to glory. they areto looking at a possible connection and tips have come in, but so far, no arrests. >> let's hope this new videon helps them out.t >>> take a good look at this surveillance video. they robbed a check cashing store wednesday in.we one man had a gun, the other a knife, which he held to an employee's throat.mplo they got away with more thanre $37,000 in cash. if you recognize either man,ei >>> the gunman accused in the colorado movie massacre f
stein says he e-mailed his surveillance video to arlington county police over the weekend. detectives contacted him overct the weekend, edand they interviewed him this morning at the store.st dc police responded to our queries late today about the decision not to release the video to the public, a statement reads in part, in this case, we released internally. there were no injuries to the victim in the dc robbery. as soon as we saw the arlington spec, we contacted arlingtonco with the...
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that's what happened this afternoon in a neighborhood in arlington. news4's darcy spencer spoke exclusively with that father and his sons who saved him. darcy? >> reporter: yeah. this dog attacked victim has been in the hospital since about 4:30 this afternoon. he came home here to his house on this street just minutes ago. i was able to have a brief interview with him about this attack. here's what he had to say. >> i just, you know, i completely lost it and the dogs attacked me to the middle of the street. i tried to get out so many times but i can't get up. i tried to avoid. the dogs, they really want to bite me from my neck. and from here they probably kill me. >> reporter: now, the victim says the attack happened right out here. he had just gotten home from the mall. he was buying a wedding gift for someone getting married tomorrow. his two sons were here. one was in the truck. one was in the house. and he is saying, their actions likely saved his life. >> my dad was right here being attacked by two dogs. >> reporter: alejandro morales is holding
that's what happened this afternoon in a neighborhood in arlington. news4's darcy spencer spoke exclusively with that father and his sons who saved him. darcy? >> reporter: yeah. this dog attacked victim has been in the hospital since about 4:30 this afternoon. he came home here to his house on this street just minutes ago. i was able to have a brief interview with him about this attack. here's what he had to say. >> i just, you know, i completely lost it and the dogs attacked me to...
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arlington will pay the remaining cost with existing commercial tax. frank wolf once an investigation into the dallas green lane tolls calling them highway robbery. he says $4.80 a cost to go one way has pushed drivers onto neighborhood roads in loudon county. tolls increased at the beginning of the year. >> time for a check on the traffic situation. jerry has detail. >> ec delays and washington boulevard as you head toward do the street. some slow traffic there. a crash has been cleared off to the right shoulder. traveling in chinatown, seventh street we have a serious crash. a vehicle hit a fire hydrant. on the outer loop of the beltway into virginia on the 270 spur toward 66, an early delays began around dulles toll road and take you to the 270 spur. even over toward prince george's county on and of delays on the inner and outer lips as you had passed the camera here. slovo 270 northbound toward middlebrook road, heading past the camera here at 121 into frederick county. also 355 you still see some activity blocking the right lane near congressional
arlington will pay the remaining cost with existing commercial tax. frank wolf once an investigation into the dallas green lane tolls calling them highway robbery. he says $4.80 a cost to go one way has pushed drivers onto neighborhood roads in loudon county. tolls increased at the beginning of the year. >> time for a check on the traffic situation. jerry has detail. >> ec delays and washington boulevard as you head toward do the street. some slow traffic there. a crash has been...
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the surviving male pitbull remains at the arlington animal welfare league. the commonwealth's attorney and the police are trying to figure out if any charges will be filed. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> we will continue to track whether the honor of the dogs is going to be facing any charges. you can find more on this story and updates any time at our web site wjla.com. also tonight the heat is back. time to sweat it out once again. >> not much of a break this summer. the high temperature today reached 95 degrees and is calling peak -- causing people to scale back from their activities already. a first look at the forecast. >> yesterday 96, today 95, tomorrow close to 100. the rate will come later in the week. -- the break will come up later this week. in potomac along a river, coming straight to the southeast headed toward bethesda, there are a couple of other areas we are watching. we'll have this for another hour or so the air masses increasingly hot and humid from northwest to south and east. 88 in frederick 98 in fredericksburg, and it feels like 101
the surviving male pitbull remains at the arlington animal welfare league. the commonwealth's attorney and the police are trying to figure out if any charges will be filed. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> we will continue to track whether the honor of the dogs is going to be facing any charges. you can find more on this story and updates any time at our web site wjla.com. also tonight the heat is back. time to sweat it out once again. >> not much of a break this summer. the high...
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. >> a worker has been seriously injured after following -- if falling three stories from an arlington building. we are told the 35-year-old man has significant injuries over most of his body. he was working on a roof but did not have a safety harness clipped and. >> a new effort begins to stop gun violence. residents convicted of gun crimes must register with police, much the same of sex offenders. they are subject to home business from police. offenders will stay on the list for three-five years depending on the seriousness of the crime. >> lawmakers were go back to work now that martin o'malley has called a special session on whether to expand gambling and maryland specifically by putting a casino in prince george's county. >> the governor says the proposal could possibly put a casino here at national harbour could mean an additional $100 million in tax revenue for the state. even if it does make it out of the august special session it will be up to the voters to make the ultimate decision. the future of gambling will once again be considered by lawmakers. today the governor announc
. >> a worker has been seriously injured after following -- if falling three stories from an arlington building. we are told the 35-year-old man has significant injuries over most of his body. he was working on a roof but did not have a safety harness clipped and. >> a new effort begins to stop gun violence. residents convicted of gun crimes must register with police, much the same of sex offenders. they are subject to home business from police. offenders will stay on the list for...
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she plans to certify him as a therapy to help returning troops. >> welcome to arlington. between about 4:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. we will have the highest likelihood of severe storms high north in the metro. parents this ar i'm going to teach your kids that magic does exist. it's called science! here's what they'll need. ♪ pencils, folders notebooks. ♪ ♪ backpacks, denims, graphic tees. ♪ ♪ markers, calculators. whoa! ♪ ♪ converse one start tennies ♪ ♪ well, pencils, hair gel, binders. ♪ ♪ pencils, hair gel, binders. ♪ announcer: school takes a lot, target has it all. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father'hands didn't build this company. my hands din't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us.
she plans to certify him as a therapy to help returning troops. >> welcome to arlington. between about 4:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. we will have the highest likelihood of severe storms high north in the metro. parents this ar i'm going to teach your kids that magic does exist. it's called science! here's what they'll need. ♪ pencils, folders notebooks. ♪ ♪ backpacks, denims, graphic tees. ♪ ♪ markers, calculators. whoa! ♪ ♪ converse one start tennies ♪ ♪ well, pencils, hair...
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time from arlington. a worker being treated for injuries after falling about three stories from the at 1100 wilson boulevard in arlington. the same building that houses abc 7 news. if he was awn or doing some exterior work. the victim is hospitalized with significant internal injuries. nearly a year-and-a-half of construction wrapping up for one neighborhood in north west washington. it's the day vincent gray cut ribbon on 18th street corridor in alex morgan. the street was spruced up with a wider sidewalks, biplanes, and better lighting. it costs $6.8 million and lasted a year-and-a-half. businesses had to apply loans because of all the work. there's a warning for women using the capitol crescent trail. after an attack wednesday night. a man came up behind a woman jogging near georgetown and choked her until she passed out. to find a man sexually assaulting her. scared off by her screams. nor arrests have been made. if you are writing metro this weekend, it's gone to be in track work causing delays. it s
time from arlington. a worker being treated for injuries after falling about three stories from the at 1100 wilson boulevard in arlington. the same building that houses abc 7 news. if he was awn or doing some exterior work. the victim is hospitalized with significant internal injuries. nearly a year-and-a-half of construction wrapping up for one neighborhood in north west washington. it's the day vincent gray cut ribbon on 18th street corridor in alex morgan. the street was spruced up with a...
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a car hit him on route 110 near arlington. investigators are still looking for the driver. >> president obama and mitt romney were both on the road today. the president campaigned in iowa and renewed the call he made yesterday to raise taxes on americans who earned mo are than $250,000 a year. in colorado romney slammed the plan and called the president an extreme liberal. he renewed his vou to repeal the president's health care reform law. >> and wall street another day of losses. the s&p 500 ended with an 11-point loss. >>> denise rich is a renowned sopping writer, a mother, and a politically connected fund-raiser. one thing she is no longer, an american citizen. rich was born in massachusetts but she has renounced her citizenship. she wants to live closer to her children abroad. critics are summing up her move in two words, tax dodger. here is andrea mitchell. >> and it's just to be recognized by your peers is so wonderful. >> she is a fixture nominated three times. as a songwriter she has worked with everyone from natalie
a car hit him on route 110 near arlington. investigators are still looking for the driver. >> president obama and mitt romney were both on the road today. the president campaigned in iowa and renewed the call he made yesterday to raise taxes on americans who earned mo are than $250,000 a year. in colorado romney slammed the plan and called the president an extreme liberal. he renewed his vou to repeal the president's health care reform law. >> and wall street another day of losses....
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an arlington jeweler killed during an armed robbery. as you're about to see, the suspect in both cases looks similar. first, let's show you the d.c. robbery. a man wearing a reflective vest walked into benson's jewelers on f street and asked to see engagement rings. when the owner of the store turned his back, the man pulled the out a large gun and demanded jewelry. he didn't shoot the owner and got away with $20,000 worth of items and mostly diamond rings and look at surveillance images from the arlington case last friday. the police showed him wearing a reflective vest. he was buzzed into the store by the owner. wong's family said that is how he allowed customers inside the store and the 52-year-old was killed during this robbery. we spoke with ken stein, the owner of benson's in washington, d.c., and is trying to figure out why d.c. police didn't release the surveillance video of his armed robbery. >> it's armed robbery and they happen all of the time and was not shot or wounded or hurt in any other way. i don't think that they put i
an arlington jeweler killed during an armed robbery. as you're about to see, the suspect in both cases looks similar. first, let's show you the d.c. robbery. a man wearing a reflective vest walked into benson's jewelers on f street and asked to see engagement rings. when the owner of the store turned his back, the man pulled the out a large gun and demanded jewelry. he didn't shoot the owner and got away with $20,000 worth of items and mostly diamond rings and look at surveillance images from...
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the other this past friday in arlington. the man in the second store was killed and the suspect remains somewhere. we are looking at the possible link between them in northwest with the latest. >> both of those robberies' happened about the same time of day in very busy locations. when the robber walked in the store, there were three officers across the street. the question is, has he turned killer? june 9 a man in a bright vast walks into this a jewelry store and pulls a gun on the owner demanding he felt a sack of diamonds. the owner has asked we do not show his face. >> i did not fight him. >> minutes later, he walked out with $20,000 worth of jewelry. now take a look at this side by side image of that robber and a man suspected of a dead the heist on friday -- deadly heist on friday. police are investigating if it is the same person. >> the suspect's description released in our video and from their account are very similar. >> the shopkeeper in arlington was killed. tommy wong, a devoted husband and father. >> very lovin
the other this past friday in arlington. the man in the second store was killed and the suspect remains somewhere. we are looking at the possible link between them in northwest with the latest. >> both of those robberies' happened about the same time of day in very busy locations. when the robber walked in the store, there were three officers across the street. the question is, has he turned killer? june 9 a man in a bright vast walks into this a jewelry store and pulls a gun on the owner...
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tonight, arlington police are searching for an arm robbery suspect also wanted for murder could investigators say that the man seen in the surveillance pictures was there less than 20 minutes and then left with an undetermined amount of jewelry. police are not saying how he is suspected of killing the victim but tony wong was found dead by firefighters. >> i am sure he was a great man and my condolences go to the family. so unexpected. no one is prepared for this. >> an investigation is under way could anyone with information about this case is asked to call arlington police. >> gas prices are on the rise. but some areas are more expensive than others. tom has been checking out all of the prices tonight. he joins us from northwest. >> we are here on connecticut avenue. check out what they are selling gas for, just shy of $4 per gallon. we were hoping would -- we were hoping we would not see that again. in the district of columbia, the averages $3.73. that is up nearly a quarter from a month ago. folks in the district have noticed, yes, prices are going up. >> more so than maryland and virgini
tonight, arlington police are searching for an arm robbery suspect also wanted for murder could investigators say that the man seen in the surveillance pictures was there less than 20 minutes and then left with an undetermined amount of jewelry. police are not saying how he is suspected of killing the victim but tony wong was found dead by firefighters. >> i am sure he was a great man and my condolences go to the family. so unexpected. no one is prepared for this. >> an...
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arlington police are working with d.c. police on this one. they want to see if there's a connection between that robbery and one in d.c. a man matching a similar description to the arlington suspect robbed this jewelry store on f street northwest last month. we'll have more on the possible connection coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> and police are also asking for your help to find the man who sexually assaulted a jogger last week out on the crescent trail. the suspect ran toward fletcher's boat house after the attack. she described him as a black man, medium skin tone, 5'8" to 5'11". about 180, 200 pounds. he had a muscular build and a light scruffy beard. last time she saw him, he was wearing a white shirt, maybe a tank top with cutoff sleeves. and long jersey-type black shorts. >>> a scuffle outside the verison center put one guy in the hospital today. police believe he accidentally shot himself in the leg. a second man was taken into custody. the fight apparently broke out early this morning inside a mcdonald's in the 600 block during the m
arlington police are working with d.c. police on this one. they want to see if there's a connection between that robbery and one in d.c. a man matching a similar description to the arlington suspect robbed this jewelry store on f street northwest last month. we'll have more on the possible connection coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> and police are also asking for your help to find the man who sexually assaulted a jogger last week out on the crescent trail. the suspect ran toward...
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that is the latest here in arlington. back to you. >>> new this morning, montgomery county fire officials are trying to find out what caused this town house fire that displaced about 20 people from their home. the fire broke out last night, late last night at a house on killcrush court in montgomery village. sixty-five firefighters arrived on the scene to find massive flames coming from the second floor and extending to the roof. four town houses were damaged but luckily, no one was hurt. >>> police continue their search for a suspect in a sexual assault on a popular trail. u.s. park police say a man matching this description attacked a woman on the capital crescent trail near the georgetown waterfront. it happened on wednesday night. a man, police say approached the woman from behind and dhoaked her until she passed out. if you have any information that can help in this case, call park police. >>> ate hazmat situation at a ups facility in laurel. around 2:30 this morning, prince george's fire crews were called to sweitze
that is the latest here in arlington. back to you. >>> new this morning, montgomery county fire officials are trying to find out what caused this town house fire that displaced about 20 people from their home. the fire broke out last night, late last night at a house on killcrush court in montgomery village. sixty-five firefighters arrived on the scene to find massive flames coming from the second floor and extending to the roof. four town houses were damaged but luckily, no one was...
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. >>> arlington police are investigating the county's first homicide this in more than two years. >> the mother of two children has been murdered inside her apartment apparently at the hands of her own husband. fox 5's bob barnard just back from the scene down in the newsroom with the story. >> police say it's an apparent murder suicide, not a random killing. no known motive now, but the crime apparently has left two young children orphaned. arlington county police say they got the 911 call at a quarter to 3:00 this afternoon, a woman returning home found the bodies of a husband and wife in a back bedroom at the apartment they all shared here at park shirlington at 31st street south. >> i've lived here 26 years and nothing like this happened and i'm a little nervous and scared a little bit. >> reporter: police say it's a couple in their 30s with two young sons from bolivia according to neighbors. a third woman, reportedly the murder victim's sister and her young son also live in the apartment. >> we're not looking for any additional suspects. it appears this was domestic related. >>
. >>> arlington police are investigating the county's first homicide this in more than two years. >> the mother of two children has been murdered inside her apartment apparently at the hands of her own husband. fox 5's bob barnard just back from the scene down in the newsroom with the story. >> police say it's an apparent murder suicide, not a random killing. no known motive now, but the crime apparently has left two young children orphaned. arlington county police say they...
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right now around washington, low 70 nasdaq montgomery, arlington. mid 70s in the district. right near the bay, mid and upper 60s as well as at the atlantic beaches. scattered showers and a little bit of thunder. generally dissipating. there's still om par cyst teers showers here. partly cloudy sky. final day of july. by 7:00 we'll be in the low 70s. a little sunshine in and out. partly sunny noontime. mid afternoon, isolated shower maybe with a downpour and some thunder and lightning. that may linger into late afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes. danella is here now with your first4 traffic. >> thanks, tom. coming up, let's talk about overnight road work. still happening in our area. you're taking the beltway in virginia. the outer loop. first at the dulles toll road and again at i-66, you're going to have the left side blocked because of road work there. your volume is very light. hopefully that's in its final stages. let's head over to the beltway in montgomery county. inner loop this time past colesville road. construction still taking place. it was blocking the right sid
right now around washington, low 70 nasdaq montgomery, arlington. mid 70s in the district. right near the bay, mid and upper 60s as well as at the atlantic beaches. scattered showers and a little bit of thunder. generally dissipating. there's still om par cyst teers showers here. partly cloudy sky. final day of july. by 7:00 we'll be in the low 70s. a little sunshine in and out. partly sunny noontime. mid afternoon, isolated shower maybe with a downpour and some thunder and lightning. that may...
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>> yes, but this morning, one family in arlington, they're looking for a baby python. 6-year-old ava had her snake -- snake's name is happy -- with her tuesday while playing with her brother and sister near their home in the burlington area. now, the snake looks just like this. the other one, the family owns. her mother says happy slithered off while the kids had a picnic. >> ava took happy out of the bag and wanted him to join in their picnic and put him on the grass and looked away for a minute and forgot just for a minute and happy was so fast. >> okay. >> pythons can grow to be four feet long. the riggs hung up a poster in their neighborhood hoping someone will find the pet and give them a call. what do you do if you find a python? >> that mom seems calm and cheerful for somebody who lost a baby python. and i didn't realize a 6-year-old wanted a pet like that. >> my 4-year-old niece has a pet millipede. things are different these days. >> if i saw a python, i'd be running away. it's 4:55, 70 degrees. >>> coming up, the story that brings new meaning to a phrase the one that got aw
>> yes, but this morning, one family in arlington, they're looking for a baby python. 6-year-old ava had her snake -- snake's name is happy -- with her tuesday while playing with her brother and sister near their home in the burlington area. now, the snake looks just like this. the other one, the family owns. her mother says happy slithered off while the kids had a picnic. >> ava took happy out of the bag and wanted him to join in their picnic and put him on the grass and looked...
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the walter reed community center in arlington is open 24 hours. there's also a cooling center open for pets, dog mind in shirlington is allowing owners to charge their phones while pets cool off. go to nbcwashington.com and search cooling centers. >>> the storm damage is not forcing the cancelation of our area's biggest fourth of july fireworks show. the celebration will go on as scheduled on the national mall tomorrow if national parks service is holding a dress rehearsal today. several firework shows are canceled so they can focus on cleaning up after the storm. that includes displays in gaitersburg, rockville, kensing torn on the, and germantown. >>> a look at today's forecast. people are still hoping for a little relief to continue to clean-up. >> yesterday felt a little better than the day before. today is going to feel a little better than what it was yesterday. >> right. >> we're going to get up to about the same temperature, but humidity is going to be just a little better. this is not the forecast but this is where we've been. remember fr
the walter reed community center in arlington is open 24 hours. there's also a cooling center open for pets, dog mind in shirlington is allowing owners to charge their phones while pets cool off. go to nbcwashington.com and search cooling centers. >>> the storm damage is not forcing the cancelation of our area's biggest fourth of july fireworks show. the celebration will go on as scheduled on the national mall tomorrow if national parks service is holding a dress rehearsal today....
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fairfax and arlington counties. prince george's county and southern montgomery, calvert, charles, st. mary's, skenly in the low to mid 70s this morning. here's your monday day planner. by noon, it will be near 90. it's going to be a rather humid day. a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower mid afternoon as we hit the mid 90s mid afternoon. but late afternoon back down to the low 90s. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella is here now with a look at the monday commute. good morning. >> good morning, tom. right now we're getting a live look from chopper 4. at i-95 as you make your way towards the occuquan river bridge, volume is starting to increase but travel lanes are open. i need you to keep in mind quaz you go towards fairfax county parkway, disabled vehicle still in the left shoulder lane. looks like someone pulled over to help this car right now. you are seeing volume as you make your way northbound. everyone is taking a look. after that, travel lanes are open. now, heading on i-66, makin
fairfax and arlington counties. prince george's county and southern montgomery, calvert, charles, st. mary's, skenly in the low to mid 70s this morning. here's your monday day planner. by noon, it will be near 90. it's going to be a rather humid day. a slight chance of an isolated thunder shower mid afternoon as we hit the mid 90s mid afternoon. but late afternoon back down to the low 90s. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. danella is here now with a look at the monday commute....
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let's head over to arlington boulevard in virginia. if you're traveling in the seven corners area, there's a live look at patrick henry drive. travel lanes are open. no incidents, no accidents to report at this time. heading over to the rails though, i am seeing a few delays. minor, sent minutes on the brunswick east train number 870. five-minute delay on the brunswick east train number 890. no delays on the metro or vre. >>> 5:23. if you have a long work commute you might be sacrificing more than you realize. new study says if you spend an hour a day commuting you're more likely to surrender sleep, exercise, eating with your family, and food preparation but not trve time. researchers at brown university say the longest daily commute three hours managed to squeeze in an hour and a half of tv time but only 14 minutes of exercise. researchers say if you would like to get a little more time in every day you can cut ten minutes off your commute by planning your drive where it's based on fewer stops instead of higher speed. >>> american air
let's head over to arlington boulevard in virginia. if you're traveling in the seven corners area, there's a live look at patrick henry drive. travel lanes are open. no incidents, no accidents to report at this time. heading over to the rails though, i am seeing a few delays. minor, sent minutes on the brunswick east train number 870. five-minute delay on the brunswick east train number 890. no delays on the metro or vre. >>> 5:23. if you have a long work commute you might be...
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. >>> police are searching for a killer of an arlington business owner. >> 52-year-old tommy wong was killed in an armed robbery at capital jewelers last friday afternoon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning jessica, mike. this is certainly shaking this community. here in columbia pike, many friends and neighbors have placed flowers in memory of this victim, the quiet, hardworking business owner who they say ran the shop for five years. family members tell us tommy wong worked late friday night but was usually home by 10:30. however when he didn't get home in time they instantly called police. investigators will not release many details, but say wong was a victim of an armed robbery that occurred around 4:00 that afternoon. >> when you got in the door, it went on the other side and that was for insurance reasons. >> what do you make of anything else and. >> you know, it is another loss of a good person. >> and take a very close look at this picture. these are a series of surveillance pictures of the suspect caught just before the murder. he is described police say as a black man i
. >>> police are searching for a killer of an arlington business owner. >> 52-year-old tommy wong was killed in an armed robbery at capital jewelers last friday afternoon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning jessica, mike. this is certainly shaking this community. here in columbia pike, many friends and neighbors have placed flowers in memory of this victim, the quiet, hardworking business owner who they say ran the shop for five years. family members tell us tommy wong...
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the men's basketball team visited arlington national cemetery yesterday. l.a. lakers star kobe bryant helped lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the entire team spent some time getting to know the chair machine of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. >>> tonight you have a -- >> tonight you have a chance to once in a lifetime chance to see this year's dream team in action. dream team. right here in d.c. the usa men's and women's basketball teams are playing at the verizon center tonight. the biggest names in basketball have been in town all weekend. on saturday, they held an exhibition for troops and their testimonilies of the d.c. armory. as for tonight's game, players say it will be odd not to hear a chorus of boos when they run out on the verizon center tunnel. >> you know, just coming back here is different than coming baing here playing with the new york knicks as with the usa team because now i don't have some wizard fans cheering against me. we have the whole crowd on our side. >> the women's team kicks off the action tonight a
the men's basketball team visited arlington national cemetery yesterday. l.a. lakers star kobe bryant helped lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the entire team spent some time getting to know the chair machine of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. >>> tonight you have a -- >> tonight you have a chance to once in a lifetime chance to see this year's dream team in action. dream team. right here in d.c. the usa men's and women's basketball teams are...
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as well as in montgomery, arlington and fairfax. father west, mid and upper 70s, shenandoah valley, getting a little bit of rain now out and east of the metro area. this is the zone where we'll have the extreme heat today. it does include the district. fairfax, prince george's, arlington. heat index, 105 to 109 by mid afternoon. well, there is some rain falling and along with thunder and lightning, this yellow and arrange zone in west virginia. and streaming out ahead of that we've got light rain in frederick and washington counties and panhandle of west virginia that's going to be passing nor and west of washington. south and east though, this is the severe risk zone later this afternoon. some of the storms here just south and east of washington. around the bay. northern eastern shore could produce damaging winds later this afternoon. by 7:00 this morning, partly sunny, storms west out of the mountains. 70s throughout the mid morning. by later in the morning and by noontime, upper 80s to near 90 degrees. mostly cloudy around noonti
as well as in montgomery, arlington and fairfax. father west, mid and upper 70s, shenandoah valley, getting a little bit of rain now out and east of the metro area. this is the zone where we'll have the extreme heat today. it does include the district. fairfax, prince george's, arlington. heat index, 105 to 109 by mid afternoon. well, there is some rain falling and along with thunder and lightning, this yellow and arrange zone in west virginia. and streaming out ahead of that we've got light...
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. >>> police are searching for the killer of an arlington jewelry store owner tonight. they haven't confirmed the victim's name but the family has. they say 52-year-old tommy wong died during an armed robbery. surae chinn talked with wong's daughter. >> reporter: tommy wong was a watch maker and jeweler. he had owned capital jewelers for five years and his daughter said her dad would come home late on friday night, usually by 10:30, but when midnight rolled around and he still hadn't come home they called police. >> i just want to know why he didn't just take what he needed and leave my dad alone. he could have just taken what he needed. he didn't have to take his life, too. >> reporter: vivian wong had talked to her father that afternoon. >> earlier that day he called me around 1:00. everything was fine. >> reporter: that was just three hours before police say someone walked in and killed her father in an armed robbery. >> what more is there to say? >> reporter: the jewelry store had been locked for hours until police came and broke the glass door to get in. >> they wo
. >>> police are searching for the killer of an arlington jewelry store owner tonight. they haven't confirmed the victim's name but the family has. they say 52-year-old tommy wong died during an armed robbery. surae chinn talked with wong's daughter. >> reporter: tommy wong was a watch maker and jeweler. he had owned capital jewelers for five years and his daughter said her dad would come home late on friday night, usually by 10:30, but when midnight rolled around and he still...
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mary's county. 77 degrees for the high temperature in arlington -- for the current temperature in arlington, on our way to the '90s for the afternoon. now to lisa baden. >> she is checking on the hov restrictions. we will have that in a few minutes. we are getting word the restrictions are lifted once again today. she is working the phones. we will get the updates in a few minutes. let's talk more about the recovery efforts which continue after friday's deadly storms across the east coast. >> severe weather been going on at least 22 deaths. 1.8 customers without power. hundreds of thousands are in the d.c. region. pepco reports just over 117,000 outages. dominion has 80,000 customers without power. b g e is working to restore electricity to more than 50,000 this morning. we will talk with officials from dominion and pepco about the restoration efforts coming up. in the meantime, the hot weather is complicating things for those trying to deal with life without power. >> that's one of the worst parts. residents are being urged to take advantage of cooling centers, but many want to know when t
mary's county. 77 degrees for the high temperature in arlington -- for the current temperature in arlington, on our way to the '90s for the afternoon. now to lisa baden. >> she is checking on the hov restrictions. we will have that in a few minutes. we are getting word the restrictions are lifted once again today. she is working the phones. we will get the updates in a few minutes. let's talk more about the recovery efforts which continue after friday's deadly storms across the east...
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fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story from arlington. respect john andy worked for dominion power 40 years and was retired the last year, retired until last friday. >> the phone would ring and they asked me if we'd like to do it. >> reporter: john is just one of thousands of dominion power and out of area crews. he'll tell you there is no instruction book. it is a house to house solution depending on what they find. the problem here, well, the power lines are in backyards. >> used to see on some of the really old neighborhoods used to do that. >> reporter: dominion power says 5,700 customers are still without power in northern virginia and estimate they've restored service to 98.5% of those who lost it. the battles now are logistical like reaching lines that are not on a street. >> got two broke poles back here. so they're going to have to get a machine. we got a couple special machines that go real small. we can get in backyards with them. >> reporter: lana and robert hurdle have lived here 16 years and until now never really worried ab
fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story from arlington. respect john andy worked for dominion power 40 years and was retired the last year, retired until last friday. >> the phone would ring and they asked me if we'd like to do it. >> reporter: john is just one of thousands of dominion power and out of area crews. he'll tell you there is no instruction book. it is a house to house solution depending on what they find. the problem here, well, the power lines are in backyards. >>...
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the attack happened yesterday afternoon along south oakland street in arlington. max says he got out of his truck and the dogs charged. he tried to scare them off his property, he says he was bitten at least a dozen times. that's when his son ran out of the house and threw a shoe at the dog toss scare them off. >> i don't know how i got the croc, actually. i managed to throw it at it. >> they really went to bite me for my neck. that's when he was here. from here, he probably would kill me. >> now, police shot one of the dogs when it tried to charge an officer. the other was taken into kus to gi by the arlington animal welfare league. >> scary stuff there. >>> waking up this morning, a little humid out there. >> definitely that. 4:31. tom kierein is here to tell us what we can expect as the day moves forward. >> unmorsefully not quite as humid as yesterday. yesterday was brutal. in the morning i was out in the yard weeding. in 15 minutes i was covered in sweat. just incredible. not really even that much physical exertion. thankfully over night after the storms came
the attack happened yesterday afternoon along south oakland street in arlington. max says he got out of his truck and the dogs charged. he tried to scare them off his property, he says he was bitten at least a dozen times. that's when his son ran out of the house and threw a shoe at the dog toss scare them off. >> i don't know how i got the croc, actually. i managed to throw it at it. >> they really went to bite me for my neck. that's when he was here. from here, he probably would...
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still 93 in old town and 83 in arlington. so, we're looking at, it's going to get hotter. isolated storm tonight. triple digits possible tomorrow. afternoon storms again tomorrow. and still very hot on wednesday. tonight, early thunderstorm possible. then just partly cloudy, muggy. lows in the 70s. winds will turn north, northwest at 10. partly cloudy, hot by lunchtime. 72 to 94. 94 by lunchtime. by afternoon, partly cloudy, very hot, thunderstorms possible. highs near 100. now the next three days, we'll go code yellow, yellow, yellow because of the heat and storms. not quite as hot on thursday, but also a better chance of thunderstorms. next seven days, the front creeps through here, maybe some left over storms, but temperatures going down. upper 80s on saturday and sunday. maybe a sprinkle on saturday, but not bad. back in the low 90s on monday. so mid 90s today. get ready for upper 90s. >> break out your hat. you know what i mean? it is not every day than an event can claim to have both the president and the vice president in the audience. >> tonight at the verison cent
still 93 in old town and 83 in arlington. so, we're looking at, it's going to get hotter. isolated storm tonight. triple digits possible tomorrow. afternoon storms again tomorrow. and still very hot on wednesday. tonight, early thunderstorm possible. then just partly cloudy, muggy. lows in the 70s. winds will turn north, northwest at 10. partly cloudy, hot by lunchtime. 72 to 94. 94 by lunchtime. by afternoon, partly cloudy, very hot, thunderstorms possible. highs near 100. now the next three...
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. >>> arlington police, arlington county police are asking for your help to find the man who sexually sexual assaulted a 23- year-old on a popular biking and running path. now, it happened on four-mile run in arlington tuesday night before 8:00. the victim said she was jogging when she was confronted by a man with a knife. he dragged her in off of the trail into the woods and sexually assaulted her. >> this type of incident is not very common in arlington county. we did have several sexual assaults occur across the county over the past month or so. but this incident involved a female jogger in daylight that was drug away from the trail and taken in and sexually assaulted. >> we do have a description for you. according to police, the suspect is described as a hispanic man about 5 photo5, 5'6", weighing 140 pounds. the suspect had a high-pitched voice and spoke limited girl. he was wearing a green t-shirt with the word george across the front. >>> time now is 520time. unmanned drones could be coming to u.s. airspace. up next, will that be a welcome mat for terrorists? >> researchers dis
. >>> arlington police, arlington county police are asking for your help to find the man who sexually sexual assaulted a 23- year-old on a popular biking and running path. now, it happened on four-mile run in arlington tuesday night before 8:00. the victim said she was jogging when she was confronted by a man with a knife. he dragged her in off of the trail into the woods and sexually assaulted her. >> this type of incident is not very common in arlington county. we did have...
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montgomery college, 68 degrees. 68 -- 71 degrees arlington with mostly sunny conditions. some clouds along the eastern shore. we'll have a good amount of sunshine when the sun comes up. 64 in manassas. winchester, 61. cumberland, 59 degrees. a few clouds over the bay. not being detected by our satellite. we have a few clouds to the east. the nearest clouds are down in the carolinas and west of the blue ridge. locally, a slight chance of a storm around the metro area. we're not expecting anything strong or severe. the frontal boundary will stay to our south. by the end of the week, i think in the low to mid 90's. 89 is the high temperature and is pretty much average. 30% chance of some thunderstorms later today. take the sensitive items indoors because we could have a spotty thunderstorms. for highs in a better of seeing rain on tuesday wednesday in the afternoon hours. >> kind of the normal stuff for us. is inough the plains good shape. some of volume in woodbridge to get up to springfield. travel times working for us on between father hurley 395.vard and moving at a good
montgomery college, 68 degrees. 68 -- 71 degrees arlington with mostly sunny conditions. some clouds along the eastern shore. we'll have a good amount of sunshine when the sun comes up. 64 in manassas. winchester, 61. cumberland, 59 degrees. a few clouds over the bay. not being detected by our satellite. we have a few clouds to the east. the nearest clouds are down in the carolinas and west of the blue ridge. locally, a slight chance of a storm around the metro area. we're not expecting...
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the owner of capital jewelers was found dead on columbia pike in arlington yesterday. as darcy spencer reports, police are still trying to figure out if this killer has struck before. >> reporter: flowers and candles are placed outside an arlington jewelry store where a man was robbed and killed friday afternoon. police are looking for this man, dressed in a neon traffic vest in connection with the killing. they say the vest may have helped him blend in. >> there's an awful lot of construction going on in the arlington community. we are doing a lot of road work so it's not unusual to see workers and for safety most all of them are wearing this type of a vest. >> reporter: the photos of the suspect were taken from surveillance video at capital jewelers on columbia pike. that's where police believe the victim was killed around 4:00 in the afternoon. his body discovered after relatives called police. he had not called home from work. the fire department had to break down the door to get in. >> it's infortunate. >> reporter: police are only describing the victim as a 52-ye
the owner of capital jewelers was found dead on columbia pike in arlington yesterday. as darcy spencer reports, police are still trying to figure out if this killer has struck before. >> reporter: flowers and candles are placed outside an arlington jewelry store where a man was robbed and killed friday afternoon. police are looking for this man, dressed in a neon traffic vest in connection with the killing. they say the vest may have helped him blend in. >> there's an awful lot of...
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upper 60s in arlington county. prince george's county in the mid to upper 60s. in the district of columbia now, the low 70s. upper 70s on the warm waters of the bay. shenandoah valley to the mountains, a few 60s. some spots in the mountains in the 50s this morning. quite a change from yesterday's heat and humidity. by 9:00, here's your day planner, upper 70s. a mild and dry morning with lots of sun. a warm and dry noon hour. low to mid 80s by then. by mid afternoon, peaking in the upper 80s. hot and dry briefly, but cooling down by 6:00, down to the low to mid 80s. we'll have the low humidity in place throughout the day today. i'm returning in ten minutes, but right now danella is here with first 4 traffic. as you make your way southbound, delays out of urbana, right around 80. passing clarksburg road, things looking look. a live look traveling southbound past germantown road, no issues, northbound you're clear. connecting to the lane divide, nice and clear as you connect to the beltway. a live look, outer loop looks good. inner loop from i-70 to i 285, about te
upper 60s in arlington county. prince george's county in the mid to upper 60s. in the district of columbia now, the low 70s. upper 70s on the warm waters of the bay. shenandoah valley to the mountains, a few 60s. some spots in the mountains in the 50s this morning. quite a change from yesterday's heat and humidity. by 9:00, here's your day planner, upper 70s. a mild and dry morning with lots of sun. a warm and dry noon hour. low to mid 80s by then. by mid afternoon, peaking in the upper 80s....
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. >> newt gingrich will campaign in arlington for mitt romney. he will attend an event at 1:30 this afternoon. >> 6:08. details on a massive power outage in india. >> a critical >> come join us for great coffee and great art. >> good morning, washington. >> the u.s. postal service marks a milestone. there will be forced to default on eight $5.5 billion payment to the government if congress does not act. more people are paying bills online. >> as they move towards september when they have to make the second payment they are going to run out of cash eventually to make the basic needs. >> the postal service plans to cut $22.5 billion by closing some processing plants and cutting hours at some post offices. they want to halt saturday service. the house has yet to act. >> $12 million is the price tag for the ride on buses. the county had to accelerate efforts to replace the buses. the county has to pay top $0.3 million for the 28 replacement buses. >> 6:12. >> temperatures around the region mainly in the 60's to start the day. not overly humid. by noo
. >> newt gingrich will campaign in arlington for mitt romney. he will attend an event at 1:30 this afternoon. >> 6:08. details on a massive power outage in india. >> a critical >> come join us for great coffee and great art. >> good morning, washington. >> the u.s. postal service marks a milestone. there will be forced to default on eight $5.5 billion payment to the government if congress does not act. more people are paying bills online. >> as they...
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this was tuesday night at the arlington cemetery station. the man who snapped the picture said he saw a man darting between cars and then a woman yelling that he had taken her phone. metro transit police arrested the suspect. arl now reports that the man is 17 years old, so a boy, apparently, and is charged with robbery. >>> a flasher alert in northern mississippi. manassas police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a little girl. this is according to insidenova.com. a girl was walking on a dirt road near wellington road. the flasher may have been 17 to 20 years of age. anybody with information should call manassas police. >>> the time is 6:06. good morning, everyone. george zimmerman's message. >> i'm not a racist and i'm not a murderer. >> in his first television interview, his message to the parents of the teen he shot and killed. >>> plus, a gun-toting granddaddy turns the table on two armed robbers and it is all caught on tape. >>> a quiet morning but it may not stay that way. weather and traffic on the ones coming up. >>> and
this was tuesday night at the arlington cemetery station. the man who snapped the picture said he saw a man darting between cars and then a woman yelling that he had taken her phone. metro transit police arrested the suspect. arl now reports that the man is 17 years old, so a boy, apparently, and is charged with robbery. >>> a flasher alert in northern mississippi. manassas police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a little girl. this is according to insidenova.com. a girl...
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hopefully we can get him off the street. >> reporter: the arlington victim, mr. tommy weong, had just attended his 25-year-old son's wedding the week before he was murdered. reporting from d.c. police headquarters jackie bensen, news4. >>> take a look at the two men in this surveillance video. police say they robbed a check cashing store, and you is see one of the hold ago an employee at knifepoint. they forced the woman to open two safes and ran off with more than $37,000 in cash. >>> james holmes, the man accused in one of the worst u.s. shootings in history is now charged with 24 counts of murder, two counts for each of the victim. one murder with deliberation, the other is for extreme indifference. holmes made his first very short statement in court answering "yes" for the judge's question about waiving the next hearing. dozens of family members of victims attended. >> when we've seen him before, he looked like he was kind of spaced out or out of touch. he looked very, very alert today, and very lose i had. >> prosecutors will ask for input from -- >>> two te
hopefully we can get him off the street. >> reporter: the arlington victim, mr. tommy weong, had just attended his 25-year-old son's wedding the week before he was murdered. reporting from d.c. police headquarters jackie bensen, news4. >>> take a look at the two men in this surveillance video. police say they robbed a check cashing store, and you is see one of the hold ago an employee at knifepoint. they forced the woman to open two safes and ran off with more than $37,000 in...
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. >> in arlington county, peggy fox, 9 9news now. >> we did not find much of it in prince georges county. in fact, by noon, police were directing traffic at just one intersection. but the story on the roads was far different in montgomery county. and that's where we sent scott broom, who spent his whole day on the road. scott. >> well, i have some pretty disappointing news this afternoon. it's just the number of lights that are still out and the rate that they are being brought back online is really disappointing to a will the of motorists here in montgomery county. mid-morning, the county announced 240 lights were out at intersections like this one at veers mill and broadwood in rockville. 240 right now, they just issued some new numbers. they are down to only 200. they brought 40 intersections back online. they have 90 of them staffed by officers right now. here's how some motorists reacted to coming to these four way stops today. >> i'm a little nervous. >> one go, one go, and i go. but when i go, they still -- >> the lucky ones had portable stop signs standing in. >> do you trust the
. >> in arlington county, peggy fox, 9 9news now. >> we did not find much of it in prince georges county. in fact, by noon, police were directing traffic at just one intersection. but the story on the roads was far different in montgomery county. and that's where we sent scott broom, who spent his whole day on the road. scott. >> well, i have some pretty disappointing news this afternoon. it's just the number of lights that are still out and the rate that they are being...
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. >> still ahead, an arlington man attacked by a pet bowl and thanks his quick thinking is on for saving his life. >> the defense? a shoe. >> volunteer and professional ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined. pop in. stand out. >> live, local, late breaking. you're watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 in hd continues now. >> right now, we continue to monitor breaking news right in the heart of downtown baltimore. this is the scene on lombard street where there is a water main break tying up the rush- hour traffic making for a very huge mess. tolet's send it back out capt. roy taylor release 1911 for the latest. >> they're frantically trying to get to this location. they have a bow
. >> still ahead, an arlington man attacked by a pet bowl and thanks his quick thinking is on for saving his life. >> the defense? a shoe. >> volunteer and professional ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains. just one...
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. >> a final homecoming for a bay area man's father who was among several air men buried at arlington national cemetery today. dennis thornton of san jose and his two brothers were at a group burial. their father was killed when his twin-engine gun ship went down during the vietnam war. five other men were inside the airplane at the time. their remains were recently found and identified >> they put their lives on the line for their country and they should be given a certain amount of respect when they come back and we're doing that now. >> one of the six crewmembers who was identified was buried earlier this month in oregon >> the threat of an internet meltdown never really materialized. the virus was created by criminal hackers and detected by the fbi last year. the fbi has been running internet servers as a temporary safety net to keep the infected computers online. those servers were shut down last night but only a few users were not knocked off line. >> the federal government has sued them and ordered businesses to stop illegal robotic calls >> it does not seem to help. actually w
. >> a final homecoming for a bay area man's father who was among several air men buried at arlington national cemetery today. dennis thornton of san jose and his two brothers were at a group burial. their father was killed when his twin-engine gun ship went down during the vietnam war. five other men were inside the airplane at the time. their remains were recently found and identified >> they put their lives on the line for their country and they should be given a certain amount...
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arlington is 78. another hot and sticky day. scattered storms around and after 3:00 p.m. chances of: into the weekend -- closer to 90 degrees by sunday. >> -- cooling into the weekend -- closer to 90 by sunday. >> we are talking to transportation officials -- they say come on in, all the construction will be out of the way. no major accidents. let's see what i found. live at the american legion bridge -- good through bethesda and tyson's. lingering roadwork on the outer loop. there is no delay. we have travel times working for us, not only on 270 but on 66, 95 395, and out of frederick and montgomery county. we had a long standing crash yesterday. everything looks smith. we'll check with metro rail at 9:00 -- 5:00. now back to news. >> plenty of ice will be on london for the opening ceremonies of the summer olympic games 3 >> ander spencer has a preview. >> it is the world's largest sporting event. london is its home. athletes have been arriving ready for their moment in history. >> we are ready for these olympic games. i am nervous but we are very happy. >> when we get b
arlington is 78. another hot and sticky day. scattered storms around and after 3:00 p.m. chances of: into the weekend -- closer to 90 degrees by sunday. >> -- cooling into the weekend -- closer to 90 by sunday. >> we are talking to transportation officials -- they say come on in, all the construction will be out of the way. no major accidents. let's see what i found. live at the american legion bridge -- good through bethesda and tyson's. lingering roadwork on the outer loop. there...
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>>> following a breaking story in arlington virginia, two bodies found in the share ling ton section. relatives found those bodies this afternoon. erika gonzalez is on the scene now with more on this story. erika? >> hey, jim, initially, police told us this started off about 2:45, 3:00 this afternoon as two suspicious deaths and they are telling us they are now investigating this as a murder/suicide. now, all was quiet here until a couple minutes ago we saw a tow truck come into the parking lot on the 4500 block of 31st street south. tow truck comes in, pulls away a gray toyota corolla and a police officer put something in a brown paper bag band put that in his patrol car. now, detectives on the scene are not telling us much. neighbors are not even tell us that they heard any type of gunshots or any type of yelling. what we do know is that police are investigating on the third level of these apartments behind us. neighbors said that this is a really quiet neighborhood. they have yet to hear anything. what we do know about the two individuals is it is a man it is a woman. this confirme
>>> following a breaking story in arlington virginia, two bodies found in the share ling ton section. relatives found those bodies this afternoon. erika gonzalez is on the scene now with more on this story. erika? >> hey, jim, initially, police told us this started off about 2:45, 3:00 this afternoon as two suspicious deaths and they are telling us they are now investigating this as a murder/suicide. now, all was quiet here until a couple minutes ago we saw a tow truck come into...
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in montgomery, arlington, fairf fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid-60s, mid to low 60s parts of northern virginia and rural areas of maryland and into west virginia. reagan national now at 72. it's in the low 70s right by the bay waters view from space showing cloud cover down to our south, but right over the district, points west and north, it's all clear this morning. a gorgeous summer day coming. plan accordingly. great beach and pool weather. you'll need sunblock. high humidity is gone. the low humidity has returned temporarily. and we'll have highs reaching the upper 80s to near 90 with that comfortably low humidity through the rest of the day today. so, enjoy. i'll be back in ten minutes with another weather update. right now with a traffic update, here's danella. >>> good morning. still following breaking news on the roadway. in accokeek, maryland, if you're traveling southbound 210 at pine drive, serious crash looks to be involving two vehicles. you can see police are on this scene right now still investigating. so, all your southbound lanes are blocked. and looks lik
in montgomery, arlington, fairf fairfax, prince george's counties, the mid-60s, mid to low 60s parts of northern virginia and rural areas of maryland and into west virginia. reagan national now at 72. it's in the low 70s right by the bay waters view from space showing cloud cover down to our south, but right over the district, points west and north, it's all clear this morning. a gorgeous summer day coming. plan accordingly. great beach and pool weather. you'll need sunblock. high humidity is...
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players visited arlington national cemetery yesterday. kobe bryant helped to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and the entire team spent some time getting to know the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin demp y dempsey. >>> a bethesda native is the first u.s. rhythmic gymnasts to qualify for the olympics since 2004. she will head to london to hope to make an impression. julie joins us this morning with more on her goals in the weeks ahead. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> this is an exciting time. did you ever imagine you'd go to the olympics when you started out doing this? >> you know, it's always been a dream of mine since i was a little girl. being told that i didn't have the natural talent that some other girls had, i didn't think it was actually possible maybe up until i was 16 years old when i was told by one of the best coaches in the world that i had it. >> speaking of natural talent, you come by yours naturally because your mother was a gymnast as well? >> yeah,
players visited arlington national cemetery yesterday. kobe bryant helped to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and the entire team spent some time getting to know the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin demp y dempsey. >>> a bethesda native is the first u.s. rhythmic gymnasts to qualify for the olympics since 2004. she will head to london to hope to make an impression. julie joins us this morning with more on her goals in the weeks ahead. good morning. >>...
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arlington, 101. your next three days, code yellow alert day because of the heat. saturday look at that, 103, sunday some big storms possible. temperatures topping out around 97 degrees. here's your next seven days. really watching sunday. some of our models are showing we could see some severe weather come through this way. maybe some damaging wind gusts again, some severe storms. so keep checking back with us as our model gets a better hand the for how the cold front will impact always. the good news is once that front comes through we'll have cooler air. we're talking lower 80s by tuesday and wednesday. so sunday, if you've got outside plans going camping check back with us. we'll update you. >> in the evening, a thunderstorm. >> yeah. after the evening. >> so what's this? >> that's your matitude. you had some tonight. nashville bringing out the broom this evening, doing it in dramatic fashion. find out what turned the tide. plus this olympian is going for history in london. her story next when sports returns. >>> over the last two nights the nationals have been
arlington, 101. your next three days, code yellow alert day because of the heat. saturday look at that, 103, sunday some big storms possible. temperatures topping out around 97 degrees. here's your next seven days. really watching sunday. some of our models are showing we could see some severe weather come through this way. maybe some damaging wind gusts again, some severe storms. so keep checking back with us as our model gets a better hand the for how the cold front will impact always. the...
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we begin with a developing story out of arlington. police are investigating a fatal armed robbery at a jewelry store. it happened before midnight last night. at capitol jewelers locate on the 3400 block of columbia pike. this morning, the police say the 52-year-old herndon man dead was in the store. they were responding to the calls from the man's family that he never returned home from work the night before and police are not releasing the cause of death. they releasing the picture of the suspect. those are surveillance photos and they describe the suspect as a black man in his 50s, around 5'7". if you know who this man is or have any information, call arlington police. >>> a prince georges county police officer is recovering after she was shot at a hyattsville night club this morning. it happened outside of the galaxy night club and sports bar on university boulevard. the officer was off duty and working security for the club. she kicked three people out and then police say the car drove slowly past the club entrance. one person rea
we begin with a developing story out of arlington. police are investigating a fatal armed robbery at a jewelry store. it happened before midnight last night. at capitol jewelers locate on the 3400 block of columbia pike. this morning, the police say the 52-year-old herndon man dead was in the store. they were responding to the calls from the man's family that he never returned home from work the night before and police are not releasing the cause of death. they releasing the picture of the...
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if the tree pivoted like the one we showed you in arlington, it can't easily be moved because the tree can shift and topple that crane. a will the of progress has been made, but at this hour, we are officially moving into a full four days of no power for thousands of people in our viewing area. laura. >> thank you. to maryland now where there are still tens of thousands of homes in the dark and without ac. our coverage continues now with fox 5 just back from those neighborhoods without power. bob. >> we have heard it time and again over the past several days. pepco promising to restore power to 90% of its customers by friday night. well, we think we may have found one of those neighborhoods. manner in rockville, that may end up in that unlucky 10%. >> this is like the third world of montgomery county. >> this is carolton road in rockville, where two broken utility poles are right here where friday night's storm left them, blocking the street. >> this has been called in eight times. i call twice a day. half the time, they say we don't know about it. it's ridiculous. >> liz lives in the
if the tree pivoted like the one we showed you in arlington, it can't easily be moved because the tree can shift and topple that crane. a will the of progress has been made, but at this hour, we are officially moving into a full four days of no power for thousands of people in our viewing area. laura. >> thank you. to maryland now where there are still tens of thousands of homes in the dark and without ac. our coverage continues now with fox 5 just back from those neighborhoods without...
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you can see two men holding down the suspect tuesday night at the arlington national cemetery. the man who snapped the picture said he saw a man darting between cars and then a woman yelling that he had taken her phone. metro transit police have arrested the suspect. arl now reports that the suspect is 17 years old and has been charged with robbery. >>> george zimmerman says he has no regrets about following trayvon martin the night he died. in his own words, zimmerman describes what happened. >> he started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. i was, as soon as he broke my nose, i started yelling for help. i was disoriented. >> in his first interview, zimmerman tells fox news the unarmed teenager started the deadly confrontation. during a fight both he and martin reached for his gun. he fired one shot and martin was killed. >> i'm not a racist and i'm not a murderer. i feel that it was all god's plan and for me to second guess it or judge it. >> this morning on "today" show trayvon martin's parents reacted to zimmerman's interview. >> i really think that's ridiculous. i
you can see two men holding down the suspect tuesday night at the arlington national cemetery. the man who snapped the picture said he saw a man darting between cars and then a woman yelling that he had taken her phone. metro transit police have arrested the suspect. arl now reports that the suspect is 17 years old and has been charged with robbery. >>> george zimmerman says he has no regrets about following trayvon martin the night he died. in his own words, zimmerman describes what...
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arlington police released this surveillance video showing people walk by ignoring the dying man. a car hit him on columbia pike the night after the big storm when many of the traffic and street lights were out. the driver did stay on the scene. and police want to talk to the people who were in that video. they say those people are not in trouble and they shouldn't worry about that. they just want to ask them some questions about the crash. >>> new allegations against the man charged with killing trayvon martin. a woman now says george zimmerman molested her when she was a little girl. the woman said she, that the abuse began when she was just 6 years old. she said zimmerman was 8 years old at the time and she claims he continued to molest her for the next decade. the unnamed woman contacted police shortly after trayvon martin was short and killed. she also said zimmerman and her family didn't like african-americans who don't act like white people. prosecutors have said that if they, if they that they may use the woman's accusations in the trial. >>> three new victims are accusing
arlington police released this surveillance video showing people walk by ignoring the dying man. a car hit him on columbia pike the night after the big storm when many of the traffic and street lights were out. the driver did stay on the scene. and police want to talk to the people who were in that video. they say those people are not in trouble and they shouldn't worry about that. they just want to ask them some questions about the crash. >>> new allegations against the man charged...